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December 24th, 2019

Strikes Kill 8 in Syria's Idlib as Turkey, France Urge De-Escalation Trump Held Private Meetings With Navy SEALs to Discuss Afghanistan War
US Ready to Deal With Any North Korean 'Christmas Gift': Trump Jair Bolsonaro Pardons Brazilian Police Who Used Violence
Bosnia Gets Government 14 Months After Election Dozens Killed in 'Barbaric' Militant Attack in Burkina Faso
Iraq Daily Roundup: 12 Killed; Several Attacks on Security Personnel 72 Paramilitary Companies to Be Pulled Out of Kashmir
Four Killed in Libyan Capital by Projectile Blast in Vegetable Market: Medic Mercenaries Flock to Libya Raising Fears of Prolonged War
Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Makes 2019 Deadliest There in Years for US Al-Shabab Extremist Attack on Somali Base Kills 3 Soldiers
Israel Says Filing Error to Blame for Strike That Killed Nine Members of Al-Sawarka Family UN Reports Deadly Violence by Armed Groups in Nigeria
Indigenous People Outraged at Canada Police's Possible Use of Lethal Force In a Big Shift, Russians Take to the Streets Over Everyday Complaints
Calls Increase for Saudi Arabia to Drop Charges Against US Physician The Captain Returns: Gaza Fisherman Home After 18 Months in an Israeli Prison
A Decade in Review: the Moments That Shaped the Past 10 Years in Israel/Palestine Heavy Clashes Erupt Near Lebanon's Central Bank
17 Killed in Saudi-Led Artillery Attack on Northern Yemeni Border Market: Medics Aerospace Innovation Center Launched in Israel
ISIS-Affiliated Gunmen in Herat: Officials Taliban-Controlled District in Nangarhar Cleared
Unknown Armed Men Open Fire at Health Center in Kabul Afghan Election Commission Registers Over 7,000 Complaints in Two Days
Afghan Ministry of Finance Asks Govt-Run Bank to Pay Taxes in Advance Aid Groups Halt Work in South Yemen After Targeted Bombings
Putin Rebuffs Western Criticism of 1939 Stalin-Hitler Pact Sudan Inks Peace Deal With Rebel Faction, Paves Way for More
Saudi Verdict on Khashoggi Condemned Globally but Backed by US Venezuela Arrests 11 After Weekend Raid of Military Outpost: Maduro
Russia Releases Japan Fishing Boats Detained Near Disputed Islands Japan PM Asks South Korea to Take Steps to Resolve Bilateral Row
Taliban Kill 15 in Attack on Afghan Security Checkpoint Gaza Christians Say Few Israeli Permits Granted for Christmas Travel
Turkey Keeps Businessman in Jail Despite European Court Release Call Mexico Says Surveillance of Embassy in Bolivia Has Eased After Spat
Eritrean Soccer Players Go Missing in Uganda Again Tanzania Charges Rights Activist With Economic Crimes
Khashoggi's Fiancee Says Execution of Those Convicted Would Conceal Truth Chess Player 'Won't Play for Iran' Due to Ban on Israeli Players
Russian-Backed Syrian Forces Close in on Major City in Rebel-Held Idlib Turkish Parliament Readying Bill to Allow Sending Troops to Libya
China Calls on US to Take Immediate Action on North Korea Accords Nigeria Orders Release of Ex-Presidential Candidate and a Former National Security Adviser After Court Orders
Ivory Coast Issues Arrest Warrant for Presidential Candidate Soro Biryani, Bankers and Burqas: Inside a Sit-In Protest on an Indian Highway
Thirty-Five Civilians Killed in Militant Attack in Burkina Faso 'I'll Be Back' Within a Year, Ousted Bolivian Leader Morales Vows
Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas to Break Up Christmas Eve Protest Chaos Mysterious Drones Flying Nighttime Patterns Over Northeast Colorado
Defense Secretary Eyes Pullout From West Africa Totok Removed From App Stores Amid NY Times Report Labeling It a UAE Spy Tool
Pentagon Identifies Green Beret Killed in Afghanistan Raif Badawi Among Saudi Political Prisoners to Launch Hunger Strike Over Arbitrary Detention
US Allows Pakistan to Commence With Military Training Program Israel Prevents Hundreds of Gaza's Christians From Bethlehem Christmas Pilgrimage Despite Lifting Ban
Algerians Continue Protests Despite National Mourning for Army Chief Revealed: UAE-Linked Donors Gave $3 Million to Democrats and Republicans After Trump Won
Saudi Arabia Arrests Nine Women for Breaking Public Decency Laws 'The Bells Would Ring': How Palestinians Celebrated Christmas Before Life Under Occupation
'The Last Generation': How Occupation Is Driving Christians Out of Palestine Congress to Withhold Funding for Army's Indirect Fire Protection System Until It Delivers Plan
US Navy Proposes Decommissioning First 4 Littoral Combat Ships More Than a Decade Early Pentagon Proposes Big Cuts to US Navy Destroyer Construction, Retiring 13 Cruisers
Congress Weighs Closing Up No. 3 Office at the Pentagon Vladimir Putin Boasts Russia Is World Leader in Hypersonic Weapons
Russia's Most Advanced Fighter Plane, the Sukhoi SU-57, Suffers First Crash Donald Trump Says He and Xi Jinping Will Sign US-China Trade War Deal
Gabbard Decries 'War Budget' in Christmas Eve Message Car Bomb Attack Kills Eight in Northern Syria
Turkey in Talks With Russia as Thousands Flee Bombing in Syria Prominent Palestinian Writer Among Dozens Arrested by Israel
'Antithesis of Justice': Khashoggi Verdict Roundly Condemned Ethiopian Muslims Protest After Several Mosques Burned
Iraqi Parliament Approves New Electoral Law as Deadlock Persists

December 23rd, 2019

Unnamed Sources Used to Drive Iran Death Toll Higher France Says It Carried Out First Armed Drone Strike in Mali
UN Critical After Saudis Sentence Five to Death in Khashoggi Murder

December 20th, 2019

The Historical Christmas Truce That Brought Peace to the Front Lines Christmas Truce and Beyond
Film Shot in Michigan About World War 1 Christmas Truce to Premiere in Bay City Hitting Pause: a Christmas Truce and Silent Night During World War I

December 25th, 2018

The Christmas Truce of World War I

December 21st, 2018

The Christmas Truce Holiday Classics Related to the Christmas Truce of 1914
A True Story of Peace in the Midst of World War I
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